The phrase "abilities was determined" is not correct in written English.
It should be "abilities were determined" to agree in number with the plural subject "abilities."
Example: "The abilities were determined through a series of assessments conducted over several weeks."
Alternatives: "skills were assessed" or "capabilities were evaluated."
It reports that American five- and six-year-olds largely reject the belief that an individual's personality and abilities are determined by one's skin color.
Dweck has found that people with a fixed mind-set — that is, those who believe that our intellect and abilities are determined by the luck of the draw at birth, and that nothing we do will change that — tend to perform worse over time.
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They actually boost the performance of positively stereotyped groups". So while belief that abilities are determined by biological identity can increase anxiety among negatively stereotyped groups, Mendoza-Denton argues "it reduces anxiety among positively stereotyped groups by reassuring them that their group membership guarantees high ability.
People who believe that abilities can be developed throughout life (growth mindset) are more likely to flourish than those who believe that abilities are determined at birth (fixed mindset).
Because a protein's abilities are determined by its shape, a team led by John Hart at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio used x-ray crystallography to see how mutation alters SOD1's protein structure.
The assumption that our abilities are determined by our make up, and our futures limited by conventional wisdom, has been denied traction by people like Michael Jackson.
Predictive abilities were determined using a Bayesian approach.
Variation in these abilities is determined by such factors as muscular power relative to mass, wing size and feather condition (Kullberg, Fransson, & Jakobsson, 1996; Swaddle, Witter, Cuthill, Budden, & McCowen, 1996; Verspoor, Love, Rowland, Chin, & Williams, 2007).
